FITTING THE GARDEN TO THE HOUSE 



AGAINST A HOUSE OF COLONIAL YELLOW 



VINES 



Wild grape (V. Labrusca). Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens). 



Actinidia (a peculiarly rich green Clematis, 

 grows fairly well in the shade). 



SHRUBS 



Any of the previous list, also Box (not close to walls). 



Japanese snowball (Viburnum Kerria Japonica. 



plicatum). 



It is best not to grow flowers directly against the house 

 unless with box borders and plenty of green and white. Keep 

 away red-foliaged maples, red geraniums, and bright purple 

 asters; keep away, too, evergreens of a bluish tinge, such as 

 the Colorado blue spruce. Anything of a bronze-green will 

 be charming. 



THE SMALL FRAME HOUSE PAINTED DARK RED 



VINES 



Actinidia. Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera 



Boston or Japanese ivy (Ampelop- Halliana). 

 sis tricuspidata or Veitchii). 



SHRUBS 



Box. Spircea van Houttei. 



Rhododendron maximum. Magnolia stellata. 



Laurel. Lonicera Morrowii. 



Andromeda fioribunda. 



Such a house may be made to look charming in winter 

 with hedges of hemlock and its foundations hidden by soft, 

 rich evergreens, and window-boxes full of evergreens. Some 

 of the dwarf Japanese evergreens could be used. It will be 



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